I've been playing poker (hold'm) for a week now and just won my first tournament (out of 90 people), no cash involved unfortunately. In fact, I've finished in the top third everytime so far. Yeh, I know beginner's luck... still, it's nice.

So yesterday afternoon is was working out on an excerise bike when my contact started bugging me. After fiddling with them a bit the discomfort went away only to return shortly. On my way home, I started to see halos around objects, the concentric circles of interference patterns around light sources and sometimes double images. As soon as I got home, out come the contact and into the shower with me (often helps when my contacts bug me). Once I get my glasses on, still the problems continue ... read more

I'm giving myself a birthday present; I going home to SF for about a week. I'll drive down June 13th and drive back on the 19th. While I'm there I visit with friends I haven't seen in far to long, go to Death Guild and BaGG and whatever other fun stuff strikes my fancy. I'll also try to talk to professors about grad school (Masters in Chemistry) since I'm not finding positions to my liking.

I'm excited :)

Well, I like Portland more then IAlbany NY, but I'm still bored out of my mind. It doesn't help that I'm 30 miles from downtown (about 45 minutes). I'm starting to find things to do while I look for work, which is going slowly. This past Sunday I went out dancing at Barbarti's Pan (a greek restaurant/club) that had a Fetish night with a dungeon (BDSM) and stripers and was a bit like BaGG. Since that happens only once a month, I'm still looking for more night life (that I want to be part of). ... read more

After five long days on the road, safely arrived in Portland last night. I now have a lot more respect for truck drivers... driving a big truck (I had a 26' truck with car carrier) is not easy when idoits in little cars zip in and around you.

My next task is to get that job in the Bay Area and go home.